Given name & surname
Averill
“to open”
Averill is a variant of April. The immediate reference is the month of April. A traditional explanation links the Latin name with “to open,” evoking opening buds and flowers; that proposed root should not be mistaken for an unquestioned literal translation.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Averill is a variant of April. The immediate reference is the month of April. A traditional explanation links the Latin name with “to open,” evoking opening buds and flowers; that proposed root should not be mistaken for an unquestioned literal translation.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old English.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname. Averill is a variant of April. The shared background comes through April: Latin aprilis may derive from aperīre, “to open.” An additional suggestion is that given-name April was originally intended as an English counterpart to Avril, though that naming route is also uncertain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Averill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 338
- 228 boys · 110 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 403 as a first name in 2020; 3,252 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Averill’s family of names
Averill has a related form in April. In English usage, Averill has a related form in Avril. In English usage, Averill has a related form in Averil.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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